Once mostly prohibited by IT, smartphones and tablets–such as Android-based phones and Apple iPads–are now being used by hundreds of millions of employees worldwide to access, transmit and store corporate information in today’s 24×7 business environment.
This “extended enterprise” introduces new challenges and complexities for IT. Not surprisingly, security has emerged as the No. 1 challenge posed by the BYOD trend. Traditional security approaches typically involve perimeter-based security controls such as firewalls and smart screen filters. But no amount of perimeter defense can protect data. Find out how to protect the data itself.